PECO Net Lease Income Fund (NLIF) has acquired four properties including two Family Dollar stores in New Mexico and two Raising Cane's restaurants, including one in Lexington, Ky., and one in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

Bayer Properties has announced that it will develop a third member of its signature Summit property brand: The Summit Lexington, a mixed-use shopping destination located in the Lexington, Kentucky’s retail hub.

As retailers focus their attention on the holiday shopping season, the subject of holiday readiness — especially with regard to technology — takes top billing in practically every retail category.

In order to be tech-ready by Black Friday, retailers need to first understand that customers expect fast, accurate and secure access to price information and purchases. And to meet those expectations, the time is now for retailers to buy, integrate and upgrade technologies to stay competitive. But will retail IT teams be able to keep up?

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In this report, you'll discover the benefits of such an approach, including optimizing the architecture to make full use of modern network capabilities and using commercial applications to support non-differentiating operational processes wherever possible.